I saw Zukan's Transients post and checked out GClip, but also found GSnap.

This could be really useful for me to use not so much as an Auto-Tune but to get feedback (alongside the piano roll in the plugin) on where I'm missing the note in my vocals, then I can go back and do the retake paying attention to those notes.

But I noticed from Matt that some of the GVST plugins are getting blacklisted by Cubase (I use Harrison Mixbus 4 though).

Before I go ahead (it's free anyway!), I wanted to ask everyone what their experiences are with GVST in general and GSnap in particular?

Just to be clear, it was the beta versions ported for MacOS and only in versions of Cubase post 8.5 that were getting blacklisted. I could successfully remove some of them from the blacklist... I don't imagine this will have much bearing on other DAWs running on Windows.

Matt Houghton wrote:Just to be clear, it was the beta versions ported for MacOS and only in versions of Cubase post 8.5 that were getting blacklisted. I could successfully remove some of them from the blacklist... I don't imagine this will have much bearing on other DAWs running on Windows.

I used Cubase LE a long time ago (I know it's nowhere near the real thing!). I think it was version 5. I hated it but I don't think that was Cubase's fault... More that I was 18 years old and had no clue what I was doing.

I think for now I'm happy with Mixbus, especially given I've put in a lot of effort to learn how to use it.

The Elf wrote:...and this is why I prefer Cubase to other DAWs - integrated pitch correction with VariAudio. If you ever get to try it you will really begrudge transferring audio to external processes...

I like and use Cubase, as you know. I find Variaudio useful. But Cubase is far from the only DAW to offer such a facility.

The Elf wrote:...and this is why I prefer Cubase to other DAWs - integrated pitch correction with VariAudio. If you ever get to try it you will really begrudge transferring audio to external processes...

I like and use Cubase, as you know. I find Variaudio useful. But Cubase is far from the only DAW to offer such a facility.

Of course, but none of them match up to VariAudio IMO. It really is one of Cubase's gemstones!

The Elf wrote:none of them match up to VariAudio IMO. It really is one of Cubase's gemstones!

To each their own. I still prefer Cubase to Studio One in general. I like Variaudio in many ways. But I'm envious of the ARA integration of Melodyne — a monophonic version is included with Studio One, it can be upgraded to the full polyphonic version, and with Studio One v4 it looks like they're making interesting moves in the direction of integrating Melodyne with a Chord Track too. Logic's Flex Pitch isn't bad either...

Matt Houghton wrote: But I'm envious of the ARA integration of Melodyne

This is exactly why I'm tempted to switch to Mixcraft. Mixcraft costs $99 in the occasional sale, and comes with Melodyne which retails for $99 as well.

But I don't want to switch from Mixbus. The only reason I have to support switching is the extra plugins you get with Mixcraft, but the only one I'd actually use is Melodyne, given that everything else I do uses free plugins (like GVST of course).